Let A Man Then Know His Worth

I Cannot Go To The Houses Of My Nearest Relatives, Because I Do Not Wish To Be Alone. Society Exists By Chemical Affinity, And Not Otherwise.

Solitude, The Safeguard Of Mediocrity, Is To Genius The Stern Friend

Cities Force Growth And Make People Talkative And Entertaining, But They Also Make Them Artificial.

The Mind Does Not Create What It Perceives, Any More Than The Eye Creates The Rose.

Sleep Takes Off The Costume Of Circumstance, Arms Us With Terrible Freedom, So That Every Will Rushes To Deed. A Skillful Man Reads His Dreams For His Self-knowledge; Yet Not The Details, But The Quality. What Part Does He Play In Them - A Cheerful, Manly Part, Or A Poor, Drivelling Part? However Monstrous And Grotesque Their Apparitions, They Have A Substantial Truth.